Mineral Development Division Form #: MDD – MIP – PA – SPRG

Department of Industry, Energy and Technology Version #: 02

P.O. Box 8700, St. John’s, NL, A1B 4J6 Version Date: 2020-09-01
MineralIncentive@gov.nl.ca

SAMPLE EXPLORATION WORK PLAN – REGULAR GRANT

• This Sample Exploration Work Plan was created to help individuals create their own exploration work plan to be
submitted with their Prospector Assistance 2020 Application Form for a regular grant. Please refer to Section 5 of
the Prospector Assistance 2020 Program Guidelines for further details.

• Location map(s) must be included and submitted as an additional appendix. Any additional documentation such as
assay certificates should be submitted as an additional appendix.

EXPLORATION WORK PLAN

Introduction
The project is comprised of two mineral licences, (list mineral licence numbers), totaling 90 claims and is dominantly
underlain by sedimentary rocks considered prospective to host epithermal-style gold mineralization. The area has been
subject to multiple but intermittent campaigns of historic exploration, during which several significant gold showings
were discovered. The current property holder acquired the claims in 2017 and has performed the equivalent of two
years assessment work. This upcoming field season will mark the third year of exploration and will consist of (list
exploration activities to be completed).

Location & Access

The mineral licences are located approximately 30 kilometres southwest of the Trans-Canada Highway (TCH) near the
Town of Glenwood (include a general location map showing property/area of interest in relation to the Province). The
claims can be accessed by using the Salmon Pond Resource Road and a number of secondary woods roads, ATV trails,
and skidder trails that emanate from the main resource road (include a location map showing the claims including
claim boundaries, third-party claims, etc.).

Previous Exploration
A concise summary of all third-party exploration is required here and should include any significant results,
interpretations, etc. This section should be chronological, starting with the oldest work through to the last exploration
program completed by the current property holder (maps, assay certificates from third-party exploration programs can
be included with the application but should be presented as an appendix).

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Regional & Property Geology
The claims are located in the Dunnage Tectonostratigraphic Zone of Newfoundland and are entirely underlain by marine
sedimentary rocks of the late Silurian to early Devonian Indian Islands Group including: limestone, siltstone and shale.
Mafic dykes locally cut the sedimentary rocks, and granite presumably belonging to the Mount Peyton Intrusive Suite
have been mapped to the west, and adjacent to the project area (include a geology map with legend for the area to be
explored; claim boundaries should be shown and this map can serve as the second map under Location & Access).
Pyrite and arsenopyrite mineralization are most dominant on the property with lesser amounts of base metal
mineralization (chalcopyrite-galena-sphalerite) also being present. Mineralized zones are typically encompassed within
larger areas of alteration comprised of silica-sericite-chlorite. Silica-dominated alteration zones form prominent NE-SW
ridges throughout the property and this could aid exploration efforts in identifying new zones of mineralization.

2020 Exploration Program

Follow-up work on a new gold showing discovered in 2019 is required. Quartz boulders (+/- the sedimentary host and
pyrite/arsenopyrite mineralization) were discovered in a recently cut-over area of the property and returned gold values
of 5.2 g/t, 8.0 g/T, and 30.4 g/T (see assay certificate XXXX in Appendix X). The boulders are scattered throughout the
area but generally trend in a NE-SW orientation. A series of parallel ridges comprised of siliceous sedimentary rocks
occur nearby and could be the source of the mineralized boulders. It is proposed to collect soil samples at 25 metre
sample spacings on 100 metre-spaced recce grid lines encompassing the boulder-laden area (include a map showing
sample locations for previous assays and proposed sample locations; any other areas to be prospected/sampled
should be indicated on the map as well). Prospecting and rock sampling will be coincident with the soil survey and
elsewhere on the property as well.

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